Melanie stops by Maggie's place to get "something borrowed" for her upcoming nuptials, but when she walks in everyone looks upset. Jokingly, Melanie asks "who died?' and Maggie rushes off in tears. Melanie realizes her gaffe when she discovers that Mickey has passed on. Molly Burnett promises that the scenes are "amazing" and "they will break your heart."

When Maggie returns, she tells Melanie that she should elope with Phillip in Vegas. Meanwhile, Nathan, who is thankful for Melanie being there for Maggie, surprises her with a kiss. Melanie's immediate reaction is, "Are you kidding me right now?" Nathan denies that he has romantic feelings for Melanie, and she scoffs at it. Explains Burnett, "She tells him, 'Obviously I think about you and now you're going to kiss me, but you're still not going to tell me you love me?' He gives her just enough, but not enough to stay and not enough to let her go."

Later, Melanie and Nathan bump into each other at the Brady Pub (where else?) but they are both with their respective partners, Stephanie and Phillip. "A Horton should be with a Brady," says Burnett. "But Melanie is crazy and is running around with the Kiriakises."

By week's end, Melanie and Phillip decide to push their wedding back to February because of Maggie. (Just in time for sweeps!) Explains Burnett, "Maggie is going through unbelievable amounts of pain, so it's just dramatic in Salem."